Chapter 27

Mobile IP
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CONTENTS
ADDRESSING AGENTS THREE PHASES AGENT DISCOVERY REGISTRATION DATA TRANSFER INEFFICIENCY IN MOBILE IP

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27.1 ADDRESSING

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The IP addresses are designed to work with stationary hosts because part of the address defines the network to which the host is attached.

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Figure 27-1

Host address and care-of address

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Mobile IP has two addresses for a mobile host: one home address and one care-of address. The home address is permanent; the care-of address changes as the mobile host moves from one network to another.

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27.2 AGENTS

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Figure 27-2

Home agent and foreign agent

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When the mobile host and the foreign agent are the same, the care-of address is called a co-located care-of address.

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27.3 THREE PHASES

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Figure 27-3

Remote host and mobile host communication

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27.4 AGENT DISCOVERY

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Figure 27-4

Agent advertisement

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Mobile IP does not use a new packet type for agent advertisement; it uses the router advertisement packet of ICMP, and appends an agent advertisement message.

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Mobile IP does not use a new packet type for agent solicitation; it uses the router solicitation packet of ICMP.

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27.5

REGISTRATION

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Figure 27-5

Registration request and reply

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Figure 27-6

Registration request format

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Figure 27-7

Registration reply format

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A registration request or reply is sent by UDP using the well-known port 434.

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27.6

DATA TRANSFER

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Figure 27-8

Data transfer

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The movement of the mobile host is transparent to the rest of the Internet.

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INEFFICIENCY IN MOBILE IP
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Figure 27-9

Double crossing

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Figure 27-10

Triangle routing

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